Health Insurance

When you come to study or work at a university in Ontario, you must have health insurance to pay for basic healthcare services and medical treatments.

In order to ensure that all international students have the appropriate basic healthcare coverage, Brock University participates in the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP).

The University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) is mandatory for all eligible international students. To be eligible, an international student must be registered in a full-time degree program. When an international student enrolls in a credit course, the UHIP premium is automatically charged to their student account and they are enrolled in coverage with UHIP. UHIP is also mandatory for eligible dependant family member(s) (i.e., a spouse, a common-law partner, or child/children) residing in Ontario.

Please note that dependants are not automatically enrolled in UHIP. To enroll your eligible dependant family member(s), you must contact UHIP@BrockU.CA . Dependants must be enrolled within 30 days after they become eligible for UHIP; after that time, a late fee will apply.

All international students who started in Undergraduate or Graduate programs in January 2015 will have received an email from 'UHIP@BrockU.Ca' with the necessary information and instructions to register at my.sunlife.ca, create an account, and then to print the UHIP ‘card’.